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‘Daughter of India’ dies
Gang-rape victim tragedy ‘a tipping point’ in battle agaisnt violence NEW DELHI, Dec 29 (AFP) -They may never know her name, but the protesters were determined that the gang-rape victim would serve as a “tipping point” in the battle to end a culture of violence against women in India. “The rape of this girl and [...]
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Fiscal cliff is a mission impossible from Obama
WASHINGTON, Dec 29 (Reuters) – Following a Friday meeting with congressional leaders, an impatient and annoyed President Barack Obama said it was “mind boggling” that Congress has been unable to fix a “fiscal cliff” mess that everyone has known about for more than a year. He then dispatched Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat, and [...]
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Survivors of 2004 tsunami ‘ambushed’
Trailer for movie about Boxing Day tragedy screened without warning at cinemas Survivors of the 2004 tsunami have been left ‘in tears’ as cinemas are screening the trailer for a movie about the disaster without warning. The trailer for the film uses graphic imagery to re-tell the story of one family’s fight for survival after [...]
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Celebrity bad science: Dried placenta pills and oxygen shots
LONDON (Reuters) – Pop guru Simon Cowell carries pocket-sized inhalable oxygen shots, America’s “Mad Men” actress January Jones favours dried placenta pills, and British soap star Patsy Palmer rubs coffee granules into her skin. Celebrities rarely shy away from public peddling of dubious ideas about health and science, and 2012 was no exception. In its [...]
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DNA of Sandy Hook killer to be examined for ‘evil’ gene
By Paul Thompson Scientists have been asked to study the DNA of Newtown school killer Adam Lanza to see if has an ‘evil’ gene that led him to carry out the massacre. The study, which will look at any abnormalities or mutations in his individual DNA, is believed to be the first of its kind ever [...]
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Asia’s democratic security diamond to check China
By Shinzo Abe TOKYO – In the summer of 2007, addressing the Central Hall of the Indian Parliament as Japan’s prime minister, I spoke of the “Confluence of the Two Seas” – a phrase that I drew from the title of a book written by the Mughal prince Dara Shikoh in 1655 – to the [...]
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Choice for Obama: Prophet or Pharisee?
The path he chooses might mean lasting peace or self-destruction for Mother Earth By Louis Benedict and Ameen Izzdeen So the world did not end on 21.12.12 and we did not even have three days of darkness as millions of people had feared based on what they interpreted to be a Mayan calendar prediction or [...]
